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Wednesday, 2/16/11

Comedy, like jazz, is an art of syncopation.

Lenny Bruce, 1959 (with Cannonball Adderly, saxophone; Bill Evans, piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums)

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(Yeah, I could do without all the extra blah-blah-blah, too.)

More Lenny? Here.

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radio

Today WKCR-FM (broadcasting from Columbia University) is remembering George Shearing, who passed away Monday at the age of 91, with a memorial broadcast that runs until 9 p.m. (EST).

Saturday, 7/17/10

replay: a clip too good for just one day

At his best, Lenny Bruce didn’t meet expectations—he confounded them.

Lenny Bruce, “All Alone,” live (TV broadcast [“The Steve Allen Show”]), 1959

(Originally posted 11/30/09.)

Monday, 11/30/09

At his best, Lenny Bruce didn’t meet expectations—he confounded them.

Lenny Bruce, “All Alone,” live (TV broadcast [“The Steve Allen Show”]), 1959